The Welsh Photographic Federation
Undeb Ffotograffig Cymru
On Saturday 7 Sept, Pembrey & Burry Port Photographic Society will be holding an open day when you are invited to come along and see what we as a club have to offer.
There will be a small exhibition of prints and a projection of images from 2023/24. Tea and coffee will also be available together with the opportunity to meet and speak to some of the members.
It will be held at our regular meeting venue in Hermon Chapel, Pembrey between 10am and 4pm.
Everyone welcome.
Malcolm Downes of Barry Camera Club is holding his first ever Exhibition at the Art Central Gallery in Barry. It opens Saturday 17th August and runs until 14th September.
WPF Conference – Saturday 31st August and Sunday 1st September, 2024, Heronston Hotel, Bridgend. CF35 5AW.
The Convention Brochure can be seen here.
Reserve tickets by emailing convention@thewpf.co.uk and pay by bank transfer to our account:
Name of Account Welsh Photographic Federation
Bank Name HSBC
Sort Code 401323
Account Number 12320800
Other forms of payment available if needed.
Please put your name or initials in the comment box together with ticket type (in BOLD below):
* Weekend (both Saturday & Sunday) WEND (£35)
* Day ticket (Saturday) SATD (£20)
* Day Ticket (Sunday) SUND (£20)
* Session Ticket (Saturday Morning) SATM (£15)
* Session Ticket (Saturday Afternoon) SATA (£15)
* Session Ticket (Sunday Morning) SUNM (£15)
* Session Ticket (Sunday Afternoon) SUNA (£15)
On the day / at the door purchase of tickets by cash only. Tickets will be issued on arrival at the Conference.
Aberystwyth Camera club are pleased to announce that Martin Hursthouse has been made a “Life Member” in recognition of the dedication and various roles he has undertaken which include Treasurer, Secretary, and External Competition secretary.
We are very sad to report the passing of Vince Penticost who passed away peacefully in his sleep on the morning of July 10th. He will be sadly missed.
Vince was a well-respected club member who was well known across the camera clubs of South Wales as a presenter and judge.
He served as chairman of Western Valley Camera Club for a total of 23 years (1997-99, 2002-2007, 2009-2021 and 2024).
He also served on the WPF Committee and was President between 2015 and 2017 and as Past President until 2019.
He was particularly known for his sense of fun and good humour. The author of this post particularly remembers him coming to Gwynfa to judge a ‘match-a-slide’ competition dressed in his full referee kit, complete with yellow and red cards.
We’ll let you have the funeral arrangements when we know them.
Here are the Results from the Interfed Competition for The Welsh Federation.
Watch out for those tired old ‘substitution’ email scams, they are doing the rounds again.
What happens is that you get an email from someone pretending to be an officer of your club or your Federation and they are asking you for some kind of help, financial of course. The latest one targetted our Federation President.
Note, emails are not being hacked. They just pretend to be someone else by covering up the actual send email. The latest emails came from mailing79joo@gmail.com but a name familiar to you is being used to disguise that bit.
Report all such emails by forwarding them to: report@phishing.gov.uk
Here are the results of the 2024 Welsh Salon of Photography.
Congratulations to everyone who achieved an acceptance. To those who were unlucky, there were a lot of narrow misses so please try again next year.
The juges were:
Roger Parry ARPS MPAGB Hon. PAGB EFIAP (WCPF)
Judith Parry DPAGB Hon PAGB EFIAP (WCPF)
Les Loosemore ARPS AWPF DPAGB (WPF)
Many of you will have heard the incredibly sad news of the passing of Alyn Wallace.
Alyn, originally from Pontypridd spoke to many PF clubs and his talks were a treat. Always memorable and awe inspiring. Such dedication to a craft is rare. We cannot believe he has gone at such a young age. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends.
His family has released the following statement:
The workshop will take place on the 4th of May 2024 at the Cynon Valley Museum in Aberdare. The workshop is open to everyone and not just AWPF applicants so if you would like to come along please contact Paul James distinctions@thewpf.co.uk for further information.
The AWPF assessment day will take place on the 3rd of November 2024 at Talbot Green. Details will be released closer to the date.
For any other information regarding the AWPF please feel free to contact Paul at the email address above.